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Sunday - Pentecost 13 - Proper 15

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http://www.todayschristianwoman.com/articles/2007/january/woman-who-touched-jesus.html Highlights and Reflections Daily Office Lectionary | Book of Common Prayer Pray Worship - Worship Leaflet   Opening Sentence For God so loved the world that God gave .... John 3:16a Today | Sunday | 13 August 2016 | Pentecost 13 Ps. 118; Ps. 145; Judges 16:15–31; 2 Cor. 13:1–11; Mark 5:25–34 Psalm 118 God's mercy is here and everlasting; the Lord is by my side to help me; Non-believers surround me but I will sing to the Lord; God is always there. Judges 16 Samson's wife sells his secret to the enemy; he is captured and blinded; the whole of the Philistine court was gathered for a party and they brought in Samson for entertainment; he positioned himself in the weakest part of the structure, prayed to the Lord for strength; and the Lord gave it to him; 3,000 of the leadership of the Philistines perished that day. 2 Corinthians 13 Paul ...

Thursday - Pentecost 12 - Proper 14

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 Christus und die Samariterin am Brunnen -1796 Angelica Kauffman [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Highlights and Reflections Daily Office Lectionary | Book of Common Prayer Opening Sentence For God so loved the world that God gave .... John 3:16a Today | Thursday | 11 August 2016 Ps. 105:1–22; Ps. 105:23–45; Judges 14:1–19; Acts 6:15—7:16; John 4:27–42 Psalm 105 Oh give thanks to the Lord; Holy is God's name; God remembers the Lord's promises to all people; telling of salvation story via Jacob and Moses and liberation; observe God's ways. Judges 14 Samson wants a wife out of the tribe; kills lion; Acts 6ive Stephen before the religious leaders, begins to tell the salvation story beginning with the patriarchs of the faith. John 4 The Samaritan women continue to talk with Jesus as the disciples come back; she leaves and evangelizes her community; and they see and hear Jesus and believe. Tomorrow | Friday | 12 August 2016 Ps. 1...

Wednesday - Pentecost 12 - Proper 14

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Azulejo de uma fonte de meados do século XIX - Wikicommons Images Highlights from the Readings Daily Office Lectionary | Book of Common Prayer Opening Sentence God is Spirit, and those who worship must worship in spirit and in truth. John 4:24 Today | Wednesday | 10 August 2016 Ps. 101 109:1–4 (5–19) 20–30; Ps. 119:121–144; Judges 13:15–24; Acts 6:1–15; John 4:1–26 Psalm 101 I will defend the weak and fight for justice. Judges 13 An angel appears before the parents of Samson to bless them; and she bore a son who was right with the Lord. Acts 6 The apostles chose deacons and Stephen was one of them; Stephen was arrested for doing the acts of God and was brought before the religious leaders. John 4 Jesus' disciples are baptizing more people than John, he encounters a Samaritan woman who becomes an evangelist for her community; Jesus speaks of living water, mountains, husbands, and where to worship God. The Song of Zechariah Benedictus Domin...

Day 95 - Easter Day

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Read |  Sunday | April 5 | Judges 16:1 – 18:31 Date | From the Conquest to the Kings, the period of the Judges extends some 200 to 300 years. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   Reading | Samson & Deliiah - shared secret - death & revenge; Micah & the Levite; Tribe of Dan and relocation and conquering; Source | biblegateway.com Next |  Monday | April 6 | Judges 19:1 – 21:25 +++ Here are a variety of sites that you can click to find prayers for the Day of Resurrection. Christ has risen! He has risen, indeed! Morning Office in Audio | Episcopal Parish of Garret County, Maryland, USA | Mission St Clare |  Click here Forward Movement |  Click here Mission St Clare |  Click here Daily Office.org |  Click here Overview on Praying the Daily Office | Dave Eitland |  Click here Source | Book of Common Prayer | Oxford Univ...

Day 94 - Saturday in Holy Week

Read |    Saturday | April 4 |  Judges 11:29 – 15:20 Date | From the Conquest to the Kings, the period of the Judges extends some 200 to 300 years. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   Reading | Abimelech  asks for victory from God and makes a rash promise - his daughter is the one to be killed, she wanders for two months with friends and then was executed. Everyone laments her for four days per year. War with Ephrim.  Another series of judges rise up as Israel forgets God doing evil and the Philistines conquered them. Zorah bears a son - a nazirite - as promised by an angel, interaction with the angel - Samson was born; He grows and finally marries the Timnite woman and not from his tribe - riddle, killing of men, attacks Philistines with foxes; they kill wife and father in law; he seek revenge and sets to slaughter them by a jawbone of a donkey; God gives him water. Source ...